MucoracGie, Mucorere, .Mucor. U>1 



inycoliuin repeus, hyalinum, septatum; sporangia globosa vel [)ul- 

 vinata; columella cupulata; sporae uniloculares, globosse, hyalinaj 

 vel coloratae. 



.4) Species sporangiis maturitate plus minus coloratis instructic. 



l. Mucor Mucedo Linn. Spec. Plant. II, 1G55, M. sphcarocephahis 615 

 Bull. t. 480, f. 2. — Hyphis sporangiferis simplicibus. erectis, sor- 

 dide flaventibus, subfuscescentibus, 3-10 cm. loug., sporangiis coa- 

 cte spha^roideis, subtilissime echinulatis, flavido-vel subvirente-ci- 

 nereis, siccis obscure fuscis, minutis; sporis ellipsoideis vel ovoideo- 

 ellipsoideis, siraplicibus, levibus, flavescentibus, 6-9^3-4; zygospo- 

 ris spha^roideis, episporio protuberantiis dein valde prominulis, ir- 

 regularibus pra^dito, atro, 99-214 y.. diam,; columella ovoidea, fla- 

 vido-fusca. 



Ilab. in substantiis organicis putridis fimoque frequens in tota 

 Europa et America. — CI. P. Yan Tieghem formam sporangiolife- 

 ram ab omnibus auctoribiis admissam et descriptam demoustrat ad 

 alias species pertinere et ex errore ut genus quoddam fructificationis 

 Mucoris Mucedinis habitum. — *Mucor catiinus Pers, Obs. myc. 

 I, p. 96, t. G, f. 3-4, et Syn. p. 201, Rivolta Parass. veg. p. 494: 

 Hyphis sporangiferis simplicibus, albidis, laxis, erectis, longis; spo- 

 rangiis sphaeroideis, primum aquose-crystallinis, dein lutescentibus, 

 demum brunneis, seu sordide ferrugineis, exiguis; columella glo- 

 bosa vel semiovata et subtus applanata, flava ; sporis ovoideo-el- 

 lipsoideis, 7-13 f/.. diam., subhyalinis. In stercore canino et felino 

 per annum in tota Europa et America boreali. 



l. Mucor stercoreus (Tode) Link Spec. V, p. 90, H>/drop}iora ster- oie 

 corea Tode F. M. p. 6, Ascophora slercorea Corda Ic. VI, f. 31. 

 — ■ Hypliis sporangiferis obsoletis, erectis, simplicibus, lutescentibus; 

 sporaugiis globosis, primum luteo fuscis, demura flavo-nigris ; co- 

 lumella pblonga, basi constricta; sporis globosis seu ovato globo- 

 sis, majusculis, 15:;C-7, deraum fuscis. 



Hab. m stercore huraano in tota Europa, passim. — Teste CI. 

 Schroeter ad M. Miicedinerii spectat. 



!. Mucor spinosus Vau Tiegh. Trois. M6m. sur le Muc. p. 391 in Aun. <'^\i 

 des scienc. Nat. 1876, Schroeter Krypt. Flor. Schles. Pilze p. 205. 

 — Ilyphis sporangiferis irregulariter crebreque ramosis, brevibus, 

 0,5-1 cra. altis, albis quaudoque sursum inflatis; sporangiis oclira- 

 ceo-fuligineis; coluraella anapophysata, brunnea, apice 10-12 spi- 



